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ELDON INGRAM IS IN THE HEART
OF IT ALL TONIGHT.
SHELDON.
REPORTER: GOOD EVENING, AND THE
MAYOR IS EXPECTING ABOUT A HALF
MILLION PEOPLE TO VISIT FOR
LIGHT UP NIGHT HERE IN DOWNTOWN
PITTSBURGH.
WE ARE INSIDE THE PPG PLAZA.
YOU CAN SEE ALL THE FOLKS
MILLIO
MILLING AROUND US FOR
LIGHT UP NIGHT.
ONCE THE SUN GOES DOWN THE
LIGHTS COME UP AND MAKES
PITTSBURGH BRIGHT FOR LIGHT UP
NIGHT.
WE WERE ABLE TO CAPTURE A LOT OF
THINGS HAPPENING EARLIER DURING
THE D.
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REPORTER: VOICES OF THE ACADEMY
CHOIR USHER IN LIGHT UP NIGHT
AND THE CHRISTMAS SEASON IN
PITTSBURGH.
IT'S A TIME OF THE YEAR UNLIKE
ANY OTHER.
>> IT'S ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL
TIME OF THE YEAR.
IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYBODY IS IN
LOVE WITH EVERYBODY AND
EVERYTHING.
REPORTER: THIS IS YOUR FIRST
LIGHT UP NIGHT?
YES IT IS MY FIRST TIME EVER.
REPORTER: YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO
IT?
YES, I AM.
REPORTER: WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD
ABOUT IT?
>> I'M HOPING TO GET ALL
CHRISTMASEY.
REPORTER: A HALF MILLION VISITOR
WILL ENJOY ALL THAT IS GREAT
ABOUT LIGHT UP NIGHT.
TREE LIGHTING CEREMONIES STARTED
AT NOON AND THE NEW DAZZLING
ENERGY LIGHT DISPLAY ON THE
RACHEL CARSON BRIDGE WILL
ILLUMINATE ALL THAT IS GREAT
ABOUT LIGHT UP NIGHT A CON
TEMPORARILY LIGHT DISPLAY
POWERED BY WIND TURBINES
DESIGNED BY ARTIST ANDREA
PULLEY.
>> IT'S 15 YEARS COME TRUE, IT'S
MACING.
REPORTER: SHE SAYS THE LIGHTING
DISPLAY IS RUN BY 52 MINI
COMPUTERS ON THE BRIDGE AND
THESE COMPUTERS ARE CONTROLLED
BY HER DESIGN TEAM, USING SMART
PHONES.
>> JUST MORE EXCITING THAN I
COULD POSSIBLY HAVE IMAGINED,
THE TURBINES ARE MORE BEAUTIFUL
THAN I COULD HAVE IMAGINED AND
THE LIGHT AND THE ANIMATIONS.
REPORTER: JUST PART OF WHAT
MAKES LIGHT UP NIGHT SPECIAL.
>> IT'S ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL
TIME OF THE YEAR.
REPORTER: AND THERE YOU'RE
LOOKING AT A LIVE LOOK AT THE
TREE HERE AT PPG PLAZA THAT WAS
JUST LIT A FEW MINUTES AGO AND
ALL OF THESE FOLKS YOU SEE HERE
THEY ARE EXCITED ABOUT LIGHT UP
NIGHT.
THEY HAVE ACTUALLY ANOTHER TREE
LIGHTING GOING ON AT THE HIGH
MARK BUILDING AT 7:00 AND THEN
EVERYONE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE A
SPECTACULAR FIREWORKS SHOW THAT
BEGINS ROUGHLY AT 9:30.